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Areas of Expertise: Strategic Planning Change Management International Supply Chain Inventory Management Project Management Supply Chain Analysis Supplier Development Personnel Development Professional Overview ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS, KATY TX Senior Vice President of Planning & Allocation '13- Aug' 17 * Served on the Executive Committee and led all Merchandise Planning & Allocation including the optimization of the recently implemented Oracle Retail Merchandising Systems. Fastest growing Sporting Goods Retailer in the U.S. with a revenue of $4.7B across 228 Stores in 16 States * Responsible for 5 Key Areas: Merchandise Planning, Demand Planning/Allocation, Space Planning, Pricing, MDM/Merchandising Systems (5 direct reports, team of over 200 people) * Oversaw the Oracle RMS implementation (Demand Planning, Allocation, Pricing and MDM) and the build out of the Merchandise Planning & Allocation team. * Improved Instock from 77% to 86% within 12 months and at the same time reduced Aged Inventory by over 40%. * Implemented Clearance/ Markdown Optimization tool delivering over $13M of gross margin savings in Year 1 JC PENNEY, PLANO TX Vice President of Allocation '12-'13 * Managed overall strategy and execution of allocation reported to COO and partnered closely with executive team. $13B Revenue across 1,000+ Stores * Served as key change agent in optimizing planning/ allocation function as well as driving JC Penney's transformation led the allocation team to improve customer availability, minimize lost sales, and optimize inventory levels. (8 direct reports and a team of 140 people) * Improved basic instock from 73% to 87% within 6 months to take advantage of major customer opportunity increased weeks of supply coverage in low volume stores from 8 WOS to 18 WOS in 3 months. * Spearheaded new shop grading structure to improve sales performance, projected to capture up to 10% sales increase per division, representing a $10M impact for a single division in one season. * Led sizing and pack optimization initiative expected to deliver $250M profit increase. * Oversaw Oracle implementation across merchandising, planning, and allocation divisions.
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